Robert Thomas Ashmore

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Robert Ashmore

Robert Thomas Ashmore (born February 22, 1904 in Greenville , South Carolina , † October 5, 1989 in Greenville, South Carolina) was an American politician and represented the state of South Carolina as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Thomas Ashmore was born on February 22, 1904 on a farm near Greenville, South Carolina, where he later attended public school. He graduated from Furman University Law School in Greenville in 1927 . There he worked as a farm worker, retailer and postman in the country during his student days. He was admitted to the bar in January 1928 and then opened a practice in Greenville.

From 1930 to 1934 he served as a lawyer in the Greenville District Court. He then served as an attorney for the Thirteenth District Attorney for South Carolina from 1936 to 1953.

When the United States entered World War II, many civil servants gave up their practice as lawyers and, like Ashmore, enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 . He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve at home and overseas until his release from active duty in May 1946 . After that, he was in 1955 to Colonel ( Colonel transported).

politics

Ashmore was elected a Democrat to the eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy created by the death of Joseph R. Bryson . He was then re-elected seven more times. His term in office ran from June 2, 1953 to January 3, 1969. In the 1968 election for the ninety-first Congress, he decided not to run again and returned to his old practice as a lawyer.

During his tenure in Congress, he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. He was a member of the South Carolina Appalachian Regional Planning and Development Commission (later the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments ) between 1970 and 1989 and later its chairman from 1970 to 1972.

Robert Ashmore lived on his Greenville estate until his death on October 5, 1989. He was buried in the White Oak Baptist Church Cemetery in Greenville.

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personal data
SURNAME Ashmore, Robert Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH near Greenville , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1989
Place of death Greenville , South Carolina